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ConfigObj is a python module for configuration file reading, writing and validation, with validation being the primary feature that distinguishes it from the built-in configparser module.

configobj is a Python module to easily write values to a file and read them back later for use. The common imports are from configobj import ConfigObj and import configobj.

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Python 3.3 install "configobj"

could somebody walk me through installing the python configobj module? I downloaded it from here but it throws an error during installation except Exception, e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I have Python 3.3.2 installed and the…
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ConfigObj validator adds section from cs to config

I have a problem with python configobj. Why is "parameter" (named parameter) from cs added to config during config.validate(validator, preserve_errors=True)? def test_MissingSectionError(self): cfg = ''' [general] name =…
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Make python configobj to not put a space before and after the '='

Simple question. It is possible to make configobj to not put a space before and after the '=' in a configuration entry ? I'm using configobj to read and write a file that is later processed by a bash script, so putting an antry like: VARIABLE =…
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Installing configobj for python 2.7

I'm sorry, I'm a Python scrub and I just wanted to make sure that I'm installing this library the right way. I'm trying to get configObj installed for Python 2.7 Should I just browse to the directory the unzip is in and python.exe setup.py? If I do…
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ConfigObj long lists and default values

I have a couple of questions about configobj, which I'm happily trying to use for this project. The first question is, how do I make a very long list of things? Suppose I have declared in a spec file. val = string_list now I would like to do val…
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Extending configobj on python to handle custom comment marker

I have a config file, key and value pairs without sections. I'm trying to use configobj to parse it, but comments on my config files start with // rather than # In the configobj documentation I found an example but it doesn't work to me: from…
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using configobj to read a complete section one by one

I am using configobj to read a config file as below. [default] PROP1 = "12345" PROP2 = "abcde" [section1] PROP1 = "56789" PROP2 = "" [section2] PROP1 = "" PROP2 = "" I aim to read the list of sections first and then get…
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How to append to existing config file using ConfigObj?

I am attempting to use ConfigObj to write to a config file with a function. #!/usr/bin/evn python3.5 import configobj def createConfig(path): config = configobj.ConfigObj() config.filename = path config[REFNAME] = {} …
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Configspec in string ConfigObj

I have read that you can pass the configspec as a string and not as a file for the ConfigObj module. The question more than anything is how is the right way? Because I made several attempts, but they are wrong, for sure because I did not understand.…
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ImportError: No module named configobj

I created .exe file using pyinstaller 3.3.1 and I got this message Traceback (most recent call last): File "install.py", line 14, in ImportError: No module named configobj [8468] Failed to execute script install I'm working with python 2.7…
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String interpolation using variables of other subsections

I've been always using ConfigParser. Now that I have the need of using nested sections, I've found ConfigObj which seems to fit really my needs. The problem comes when I try to interpolate variables from other subsections. Is this possible?…
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Troublesome DAT editing with Python 2.7 and ConfObj/Parser

Edit - final open source code here if interested. https://github.com/qetennyson/ConfigFileBuilder Hi there, first question here. I'm relatively new to Python (using 2.7 here) and have always been a pretty average programmer as it is. I'm working…
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How to create a list of lists in the config, while using ConfigObj in Python?

I am using ConfigObj in Python to read from my config file. I need to read a list of lists from the config file. Here's what I've tried so far: sections and subsections - creates dictionaries, not lists list_of_lists = (1, 2, (3, 4)) - ConfigObj…
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ConfigObject nested section without any parent setting

I am using http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html to parse my configuration and it looks like it doesnt allow you to do this: [section 1] [[sub-section 1]] # this is in section 1 keyword1 = value1 keyword2 = value2 …
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Mocking ConfigObj instances

Using ConfigObj, I want to test some section creation code: def create_section(config, section): config.reload() if section not in config: config[session] = {} logging.info("Created new section %s.", section) else: …
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